Dell EMC Unity: Is Unity affected by vulnerability "Unix Operating System Unsupported Version Detection" (User Correctable)

Summary: Reported vulnerability with Nessus scan: "Unix Operating System Unsupported Version Detection: SUSE Linux Enterprise 15.0 support ended on 2019-12-31 (end of regular support) / 2022-12-31 (LTSS option). Upgrade to SUSE Linux Enterprise 12.5 / 15.1." ...

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Symptoms

Reported vulnerability with Nessus scan for Unity O.E version 5.2.0.0.5.173: "Unix Operating System Unsupported Version Detection: SUSE Linux Enterprise 15.0 support ended on 2019-12-31 (end of regular support) / 2022-12-31 (LTSS option). Upgrade to SUSE Linux Enterprise 12.5 / 15.1."


Cause

Unity with OE version - 5.2.0.0.5.173 is based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15. 
03:02:43 service@UnityXXX-spa:~/user# cat /etc/os-release
NAME="SLES"
VERSION="15"
VERSION_ID="15"
PRETTY_NAME="SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15" << <<<<
ID="sles"
ID_LIKE="suse"
ANSI_COLOR="0;32"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:suse:sles:15"

Resolution

The SUSE version is an integrated part of the Unity operating system. So the customer can ignore the alert or allowlist from the scanning software.
And it should not cause any issues to Unity.

Affected Products

Dell EMC Unity, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
Article Properties
Article Number: 000207938
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 18 فبراير 2026
Version:  4
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